On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Keizo Azuma wrote:
> I think CDDL allows commercial use and every compay can use OpenSolaris
> source code.
THat is correct.
> But other contents in this web site such as bug information, dtrace tools can
> not
> be used for commercial use. Is it true ?
I suspect SUn's too-eager land sharks made them put that on the site.
Remeber that the code on the OpenSOlaris.org web site is not necessarily
production ready, so that disclaimer might be to avoid lawsuits by
commercial organisations who are unaware of the bleeding edge status
of some of the coe (but then why are they using it?).
> If it's not true, I think the statement should be removed.
FWIW, I agree.
> Besides I've found the following strange statement in the "Term of Use".
> Are there any "Confidential information" in this web site like land mines ?
> How do we know that ?
There's no confidential info on the web site, at least, not intentionally.
> 3.1 You may obtain direct access via the Website to certain
> confidential information of Sun and its suppliers, including without
> limitation technical, contractual, product, program, pricing, marketing
> and other valuable information that should reasonably be understood as
> confidential ("Confidential Information"). You must hold Confidential
> Information in strict confidence. Title to Confidential Information
> remains with Sun and its suppliers.
Looks like a standard legal disclaimer to me, and about as meaningful
and useful as those stupoid disclaimers many people have in their
signatures (no doubt their corporate lawyers told them to do that too).
But, (thankfully) IANAL, so take with as much salt as you deem necessary... :-)
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